UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

10/09/2026

Researchers spent 11 hours staring at WISE 0855, the coldest known brown dwarf, collecting a spectrum of its light every 15 minutes, resulting in the first direct confirmation that water clouds on another body are changing thickness over time.

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.

10/09/2026

Congrats to LPL Associate Professor Kris Klein! 🎉

10/08/2026

September 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. In the more than two decades since its inception, the mission overcame several challenges to accomplish unprecedented feats of exploration and science.

Sept. 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. This was the United States' first ambitious attempt to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth, and it was led by the University of Arizona.

10/08/2026

Kudos to LPL grad student Anna Taylor! 🥳

10/07/2026

Don't forget to join us tonight! More details about the lecture are here: https://lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-lpl-evening-lecture-series-dr-joellen-russell

The next LPL Evening Lecture is Wednesday, October 7 and features Dr. Joellen Russell! More information is here: https://lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-lpl-evening-lecture-series-dr-joellen-russell

09/30/2026

Please join us one week from tonight to hear Dr. Joellen Russell speak on "Our Ocean World: Habitable Climates."

The next LPL Evening Lecture is Wednesday, October 7 and features Dr. Joellen Russell! More information is here: https://lpl.arizona.edu/events/2026-lpl-evening-lecture-series-dr-joellen-russell

09/29/2026

The Southwest Skies Astronomy and Dark Skies Festival is this week! Be sure to stop by!

LPL is participating in the first annual Southwest Skies Astronomy and Dark Skies Festival happening from October 1-3. Find more information here: https://southwestskies.cfa.harvard.edu/

09/28/2026

While orbiting Mars, LPL's HiRISE camera has sent more than 100,000 photos to Earth over the last 20 years.

The UA's HiRISE camera in orbit around Mars has been sending images of the planet for two decades.

09/24/2026

09/24/2026

Congrats to LPL alum Dr. Jonathan Fortney! 🎉